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Pauline Murray


Singer/songwriter and bona fide first wave punk pioneer has never rested on her reputation. From the expansive raw highs of Penetration (the only band who could cover Patti Smith and Buzzcock’s numbers with aplomb) to the glacial song-scapes of the Invisible Girls, she has always been a leader. Steadily building an artistic hub around Polestar …

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Pauline Murray, singer, songwriter and performer with iconic first-wave punks Penetration and 80s pop ensemble the Invisible Girls is set to release her third solo album ‘Elemental’ on 25th September. Along with the news she also shares the track ‘Secrets’ taken from the album. Originally written and recorded on a 4 track Teac tape machine in the late 1980’s, …

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Penetration are one of the great lost punk bands that shone brightly before burning out. Their first two albums – Moving Targets and Coming Up For Air – are punk pop classics that pissed all over what the massively overrated Siouxsie was doing, The secret to their brilliance was the powerful, yet keening, vocals of …

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